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Fort Flagler State Park Nature Guide

Included in this guide are some of the species you might see at Fort Flagler State Park, Wa.
The plants and animals in this list are drawn from historical records specific to the Olympic Peninsula, the Salish Sea and its surrounding uplands. How many can you find?

Western Honey Bee 1
Apis mellifera
Western Tiger Swallowtail 2
Papilio rutulus
Thatched Barnacle 3
Semibalanus cariosus
Yellow-spotted Millipede 4
Harpaphe haydeniana
Red Rock Crab 5
Cancer productus
Polyphemus Moth 6
Antheraea polyphemus
Common Shiny Woodlouse 7
Oniscus asellus
Purple Shore Crab 8
Hemigrapsus nudus
Asian Lady Beetle 9
Harmonia axyridis
Giant Acorn Barnacle 10
Balanus nubilus
Red Admiral 11
Vanessa atalanta
Callobius severus 12
Blinded Sphinx Moth 13
Paonias excaecata
Northern Kelp Crab 14
Pugettia producta
California Tortoiseshell 15
Nymphalis californica
Lorquin's Admiral 16
Limenitis lorquini
Ceanothus Silk Moth 17
Hyalophora euryalus
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle 18
Coccinella septempunctata
Cinnabar moth 19
Tyria jacobaeae
Banded Alder Borer 20
Rosalia funebris
Echo Azure 21
Celastrina echo
Cross Orbweaver 22
Araneus diadematus
Bald-faced Yellowjacket 23
Dolichovespula maculata
American Sand Wasp 6
Bembix americana
Urocerus albicornis 24
Banded Sexton Beetle 25
Nicrophorus investigator
Pale Swallowtail 4
Papilio eurymedon
Cabbage White 26
Pieris rapae
European Drone Fly 27
Eristalis tenax
Goldenrod Crab Spider 28
Misumena vatia
Bronze Ground Beetle 29
Carabus nemoralis
Yellow-faced Bumble Bee 6
Bombus vosnesenskii
Red-backed Jumping Spider 30
Phidippus johnsoni
Western Calligrapher 31
Toxomerus occidentalis
Woodland Skipper 32
Ochlodes sylvanoides
Common Water Strider 33
Aquarius remigis
Isabella Tiger Moth 34
Pyrrharctia isabella
Blue Dasher 35
Pachydiplax longipennis
Virginian Tiger Moth 36
Spilosoma virginica
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid 37
Adelges tsugae
European Earwig 38
Forficula auricularia
Pacific Forktail 39
Ischnura cervula
European Wool Carder Bee 40
Anthidium manicatum
Hairy Hermit Crab 41
Pagurus hirsutiusculus
Scaphinotus angusticollis 42
Dungeness Crab 43
Metacarcinus magister
Spotted Tussock Moth 19
Lophocampa maculata
Paddle-tailed Darner 25
Aeshna palmata
Shadow Darner 33
Aeshna umbrosa
Blue-eyed Darner 35
Rhionaeschna multicolor
Sericomyia chalcopyga 44
Garden Tiger 45
Arctia caja
Zebra Jumping Spider 46
Salticus scenicus
Western Carpenter Ant 47
Camponotus modoc
Yellow Shore Crab 48
Hemigrapsus oregonensis
Western Thatching Ant 49
Formica obscuripes
Nicrophorus defodiens 50
Spiny Leaf Gall Wasp 51
Diplolepis polita
Acorn Barnacle 52
Balanus glandula
Large Yellow Underwing 7
Noctua pronuba
Six-spotted Orbweaver 7
Araniella displicata
Eight-spotted Skimmer 53
Libellula forensis
Common Whitetail 54
Plathemis lydia
Ten-lined June Beetle 55
Polyphylla decemlineata
European Paper Wasp 56
Polistes dominula
European Harvestman 57
Phalangium opilio
Silver-spotted Tiger Moth 19
Lophocampa argentata
Western Forktail 58
Ischnura perparva
Striped Meadowhawk 59
Sympetrum pallipes
Graceful Rock Crab 60
Metacarcinus gracilis
Blue Mud Shrimp
Upogebia pugettensis
Wrinkled Barnacle 61
Balanus crenatus
Common Aerial Yellowjacket 24
Dolichovespula arenaria
Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle 7
Psyllobora vigintimaculata
Blue Bottlefly 62
Calliphora vicina
Pacific Dampwood Termite 31
Zootermopsis angusticollis
Common Rough Woodlouse 18
Porcellio scaber

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